Whip.



. O. HULL.

'WHI APPLICATION FILED 831 1227, 1909.

Patented Jail. 31, I911.

INVENTOR.

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IIIZII STATES I AIENI @FFIQE DAVID C. HULL, OF 'WESTFIELI),MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED STATES WHIP COMPANY, OF WESTFIELD,MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID 0. Hum, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Vestfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nhips, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction ofwhip whereby the cost may be lessened and the whip rendered moreserviceable.

I accomplish the object of my invention by the construction hereinshown.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like. letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a side view in section of a portion ofa whip stock constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a sigl eview of the core or center; Fig. 3 is an end view of the butt portion ofthe core or center with ratan mounted thereon; Fig. 4- is a side view ofa part of the butt portion of a whip show ing in section the enlargementby the application of wrappings, as hereinafter explained, and Fig. 5 isa side View of the butt portion of a finished whip.

In the present embodiment of my inven tion, I employ a steel rod aextending lrom the butt portion of the whip to, by preference, aboutone-third the length of the whip, the rod thus forming the center orcore for this portion of the whip. I attach to the end of the steel roda center or core of rawhide or other usual material employed for thatpurpose, and prefer that the splicing be in the manner illustrated inthe drawing; that is to say, the two ends, being chamfered or cut at anangle, are cemented to each other and wound with strong linen thread.This I find to be the most economical manner of oining the two, althoughvarious other means of making this joint may be employed.

Over the combined metal and rawhide core thus produced I place ratanstrips 2') tapering from the butt, as shown in the drawings, or I maybuild up on said core or center in any other manner. I then wrap aboutthe ratan strips a covering 0 in order to give the requisite body ordiameter to the butt portion of the whip. For this purpose I prefer toemploy inexpensive paper, wrapping the same on in such manner thatSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 27, 1909.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

Serial No. 519,814.

it is thickest at the butt portion and tapering toward the tip ofthewhip, after which the-usual coverings are placed on the outside and thewhip plaited or finished and ornamented in the usual manner.

I am aware that a whip has heretofore been made having metal in the buttor handle portion. This, however, has been employed for the purposes ofweight, and the metal so inserted has been termed load, the object, asheretofore stated, being for the purposes of giving the requisite weightat the handle end. Such metal, however, forms no part of the center orcore and is rigid while with my construction the steel rod gives thedesired degree of elasticity while adding greatly to the strength of thefinished product.

I am aware also that whip butts have heretofore been wrapped for thepurpose of building up to give the requisite size or diameter. Where,however, the rigid metallic load has been employed in the constructionof the whip it has been found that the whip bends most readily at theend of such load and the wrapping material becomes ruptured at thatpoint, so that ithas been found necessary, in a whip so constructed, tobuild up with a strong and therefore expensive material which would notrupture easily.

I am also aware that a building-up mate rial has heretofore beenemployed in a whip having a continuous rawhide or whalebone core orcenter. Vith such construction, however, the whip is liable to bend inshort curves within the length covered by the building-up material andcause rupture of such covering unless a strong wrapping material beemployed. With such construction, therefore, it has been found necessaryto employ a strong wrapping material more expensive than the cheapmaterial I am able to employ because of the fact that, with myconstruction, the bend must of necessity be in long curves and much moregradual so that danger of rupture of the covering is entirely avoided,and therefore a very inexpensive building-up material may be used, withthe use of a spring metal rod. I am also enabled to use ratan of lessthickness than would otherwise be required, thus further lessening thecost of the whip, as the butt may be built up to the desired sizeby acheap building-up material.

The butt end of a- Whip is frequently marred and injured by beingviolently brought in contact With the floor or earth, and to protect theend I allow the metal core to project a short distance, as shown in Fig.5.

Having described my invent-ion What I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

The combination, in a Whip, of a core or outside the paper,substantially as shown. 15

DAVID C. HULL.

Vitnesses J. M. DAVENPORT, A. C. FAIRBANKS.

